[MapServer-dev] Motion: Submit OSGeo Budget Request for 2025

[Steve Lime]

+1 from me to submit for the larger amount. Can’t hurt to ask! —Steve

On Wed, Jan 15, 2025 at 10:24 AM Seth G via MapServer-dev <
mapserver-dev at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> The OSGeo Board will be meeting on the 28th of January to discuss the 2025
> budget. I propose we submit a request for $5000 to help support the
> MapServer project.
> Last year an upper-limit of $2,500 was set for projects, but this has
> typically been $5,000 in previous years.
> The development items are to help kick-start implementing OGC Maps API and
> try to get MapServer 8 OGC certified. Additional funding sources will be
> sought to try and get these items completed.
>
> In terms of trying to raise additional funding:
>
> - A proposal for a grant application was sent to NLnet Foundation (
> https://nlnet.nl). We should know if this has been successful or not in
> early February.
> - Even also put in application last February to
> https://nlnet.nl/bluehatsprize/2024/ (unfortunately without a successful
> response).
> - I emailed the user's mailing list with a link to the sponsorship page.
> It looks like there was a problem with the mailing list archives, as
> December 2024 is missing from
> https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/mapserver-users/. The email was sent on
> December 8th with the title "MapServer Budget and Sponsorship" - so I'm not
> sure if anyone received it.
>
> I have added the funding request and fund-raising efforts to the 2025
> budget page at
> https://github.com/MapServer/MapServer/wiki/MapServer-2025-Budget
> and propose to submit the budget to a vote, starting with my +1.
>
> If we want to discuss further, we could maybe have a PSC meeting next
> Thursday (23rd of January), prior to the OSGeo Board meeting the following
> Tuesday.
>
> Seth
>
>
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